FAQs about practising the amateur arts

Singing, playing an instrument, painting, sculpting, amateur dramatics, making films, writing a blog or a song…: almost half the Dutch population are engaged in artistic activity occasionally or even frequently. They give expression to this artistic bent in all kinds of ways: by following lessons, taking part in workshops, engaging in the visual arts either alone or with others, or rehearsing for a performance. The possible ways of doing this are equally diverse: alone and/or as a course participant, as a member of a club or society, or as a member of an informal group following a course at an institution.

Three studies were carried out to discover who does what and how, what opportunities there are for practising the amateur arts and what the amateur arts landscape might look like in 2030. FAQs about practising the amateur arts (FAQs over kunstbeoefening in de vrije tijd) describes who does what in the amateur arts, how often, whether they do so in an organised context, whether they receive or have ever received lessons, what ambitions they have and what their motivations are.

The other two studies in the series are Mogelijkheden tot kunstbeoefening in de vrije tijd (Opportunities for practising the amateur arts) and Toekomstverkenning kunstbeoefening (Forward study on the amateur arts).